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Longjaw bigscale (Scopeloberyx robustus)
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Longjaw bigscale (Scopeloberyx robustus) specimen
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Melamphaidae

Longjaw bigscale

Scopeloberyx robustus

Seven Point Three Centimeters Melamphaid Fish

  • Cross-climate
  • Temperate
  • Tropical
  • Circumpolar Arctic
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Polar regions
  • Fusiform
  • Small

Longjaw bigscale is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Maximum length
7.3 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters; except Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea and west of the Canary Islands. Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 36655 ). Western Pacific: Kuril Island (Ref. 52443 ). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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